I suppose I've assumed that the modern definitions of fascism that I've encountered which separate the symbology from the actual purpose and limitations of the

I suppose I've assumed that the modern definitions of fascism that I've encountered which separate the symbology from the actual purpose and limitations of the legal dictatorship in Roman Republic are sound. Which is why I consider people who relinquish power after the end of a single term not fascists in the way we typically describe the fascist dictators of the 21st century, who generally passed laws to cement their absolute and open-ended authority before they were exposed to being ousted by the normal political processes.